Sandford Bay Surf Forecast

/ Scot – East Coast (44 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (57.48° N 1.79° W)

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Sandford Bay surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST

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Sandford Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sandford Bay sea temperature is 14.1° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sandford Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandford Bay at 2AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Evening (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

Table - waves today at Sandford Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	7	7	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	181	193	197	159	132	126	90	90	77	77	56	100	80	116	130	183	226	247	256	247	708	384	381	832
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	W	NNW	NNW	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:43PM 2.76				11:41AM 2.83				11:40PM 3.00				12:27PM 3.00				12:24AM 3.22					1:04PM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)				5:07AM 0.66				5:30PM 0.99				5:59AM 0.42				6:14PM 0.79				6:40AM 0.23				6:51PM 0.62

		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	13	15	17	18	16	13	13	13	15	17	17	16	15	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	10
Feels °C (?)	10	8	7	6	8	11	13	12	10	11	9	9	13	11	11	10	8	7	6	2	2	2	3	2

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Sandford Bay (moderate winds from the SSW at Dyce 40 km from Sandford Bay). 1.1m 9s swell from the NNE to make surfable waves.
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